§ 261B.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 261B.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 261B: REGISTRATION OF POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section
256.176.
2. “Course of instruction” means a postsecondary educational program that a school
offers through in-person instruction, distance delivery, correspondence study methods, or
any combination thereof.
3. “Degree” means a postsecondary credential conferring on the recipient the title
of associate, bachelor, master, or doctor, or an equivalent title, signifying educational
attainment based on study which may be supplemented by experience or achievement
testing. A postsecondary degree under this chapter shall not include an honorary degree or
other unearned degree.
4. “Presence” means a location in Iowa at which a student participates in any structured
activity related to a school’s distance education course of instruction, with the exception of
proctored examinations. “Presence” also means an address, location, telephone number, or
internet protocol address in Iowa from which a school conducts any aspect of its operations.
For the purpose of a residential course of instruction offered on a school’s campus that is not
located in Iowa, “presence” does not include:
a. Occasional, short-term activities conducted at a location in Iowa for the purpose of
recruiting students for the school’s residential course of instruction.
b. A residency, practicum, internship, clinical, or similar experience that the school
permits the student to participate in at a location in Iowa, provided that a person who
provides instruction or supervision at the Iowa location is not compensated by the school.
5. “School” means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual,
partnership,company,firm,society,trust,association,corporation,oranycombinationwhich
meets any of the following criteria:
a. Is, owns, or operates a postsecondary educational institution.
b. Provides a postsecondary course of instruction leading to a degree.
c. Uses in its name the term “college”, “academy”, “institute”, or “university” or a similar
term to imply that the person is primarily engaged in the education of students at the
postsecondary level, and charges for its services.
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6. “Student” means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction
offered or conducted by a school.